Do you think yourself as an individual who can come up with practical projects to create a better balance between food sustainability and environmental sustainability with different disciplinary approaches?
Do you think you can find solutions to the food paradoxes, through innovative, practical and multi-disciplinary ideas?
The 2018 BCFN YES! Research Grant Competition invites young PhD and postdoc researchers from any background and nationality to submit a research project to improve the sustainability of the food system.
The 2018 BCFN YES! calls for concrete research proposals for making more sustainable the agri-food system (in terms of environmental, social, health and/or economic aspects), that are coherent with the BCFN research projects.
Research proposals are to be proposed in one or more of the following areas:
- Sustainable and healthy dietary patterns;
- Sustainable agriculture;
- Food security.
The BCFN wants to support studies that are innovative, have a promise of major impact, are result-oriented and look at food systems and food value chains with a systemic approach, preferably, where relevant, blending scientific knowledge with local knowledge. Country case studies and identification of best practice are strongly encouraged.
WORTH
- The award is a 20.000 € research grant applied to a one-year investigation
- A maximum of three teams will be awarded the Research Grant.
ELIGIBILITY
To participate in the competition, a participant must fulfil the following requirements :
- Participate individually or as a multidisciplinary and cross-national research team of a maximum of three components. The Competition encourages the participation of teams from different disciplines and countries who wish to combine their expertise in innovative approaches.
- Applicants who are currently pursuing doctoral degrees are eligible, as well as researchers with a completed PhD.
- All applicants must be/have enrolled after January 1st, 2012, included.
- All participants must be under the age of 35 at the date of November 28, 2018.
DEADLINE: June 14, 2018
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